Do them enough, and you just setup your lights how you like them and put the people in place. That way you aren't futzing around too much.
There shouldn't be too much experimentation when 'clients' are involved. I do a fair bit of self portraiture to practice my lighting setups so I'll know how to setup to get what I'm looking for. As for 18% gray, if you aren't using P-TTL, you'll want to shoot in manual (I shoot in manual always when using a flash). Once you have your lights setup, the lighting is not going to change from shot to shot, so there isn't much point in having the camera try to guess the exposure each shot. On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 2:50 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > I did a family photo shoot the other night for a friend. It was only my > second photo shoot involving small children, and we ran into the issue of the > very short sell-by date for children's attention spans. > > I had expected something like this, so I used the adults to set up and dial > in the lighting. Thinking about the issue, I was wondering if anyone who > photographs children a lot has a large doll, or stuffed animal that they use > as a stunt double for the kid, for setting up the lighting, background etc.? > Has anyone tried this and found that it doesn't work? > > I was also thinking that it might be handy to try and find a manikin to use > in setting up photo sessions of adults. I'd be tempted to paint it with > hotrod primer to get something approximating 18% grey. > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
